The Coach: Matt Smith (Towson, `88) is in his ninth year as head coach of the Blue Jays. He is the program's all-time winningest coach, with a 129-28-9 record entering Saturday's match with Drew. Smith has led Hopkins to the NCAA Tournament in five of the last seven years, and has guided the Blue Jays to postseason play for seven straight seasons.

The Results: Hopkins opened the week with a 6-0 win over Alvernia, as Matthew Doran (Stormville, NY/John Jay) scored two goals and two assists. Doran, Chad Tarabolous (Tulsa, OK/Cascia Hall) and Paul Galli (Roslyn, NY/Herricks) each scored in the shutout of Washington, and Galli and Ryan Kitzen (Massapequa Park, NY/Massapequa) each scored against Muhlenberg.

On the Offensive: Johns Hopkins has outscored its opponents this season, 40-4. The Blue Jays have amassed108 points while holding their foes to 10, and have a 209-43 advantage in shots on goal. Goalkeepers Gary Kane, Jr. (Lansdale, PA/Lansdale College) and Nicholas Challen (Soughborough, MA/Algonquin Regional) have combined for eight shutouts and have needed to make just 21 saves between them this season.

Tick, Tick, Tick: Hopkins has shut out its last six opponents, the longest streak since the 1999 team blanked seven straight foes (the school record is eight).

The Blue Jays have not allowed a goal in 563:57, and have scored 24 goals themselves in that span.

Doran Named To Centennial Honor Roll: After scoring three goals and adding three asssits in three matches last week, Matthew Doran was named to the Centennial Conference Honor Roll. Doran had two goals and two assists vs. Alvernia, a goal vs. Washington, and an assist against Muhlenberg. The senior forward has recorded at least one point in nine of 10 matches this season.

Doran Heading West: Matthew Doran is closing in on the Johns Hopkins and Centennial Conference career records for goals and points. All four records are held by Eric West, who played at Hopkins in 1994-97. Doran is in second place on all four lists, he needs 11 goals and 24 points to overtake West.

Eric West, Johns Hopkins 1994-97 72

Rich Billings, Haverford 1996-99 61

Brad Getz, Ursinus 1993-95 55

Frank Adamson, Haverford 1994-97 51

Eric West, Johns Hopkins 1994-97 172

Rich Billings, Haverford 1996-99 147

Frank Adamson, Haverford 1994-97 131

Justin Daniel, Washington 1997-00 123

A Helping Foot: Aerik Williams (Columbus, OH/Columbus Academy) recorded an assist against Alvernia to break Eric West's mark and become the school career assist leader with 29 helpers, and added one each at Washington and Muhlenberg. Williams is just two assists shy of equaling the conference career record of 33, held by Gregory Stevcic of Gettysburg (1995-97) and Frank Adamson of Haverford (1994-97). Williams has already joined the duo as the only players in conference history to hand out more than 30 assists in a career. Williams could have company as the season progresses, as Doran has 25 career assists.

Blue Jays Among Conference Leaders: Matthew Doran leads the conference in goals and assists, and has 10 more points than anyone else in the conference. Ryan Kitzen ranks third and Chad Tarabolous is fourth in both goals per game and points per game. Goalkeeper Gary Kane, Jr. leads the league with a 0.43 goals against average and is fifth with an 82.6 save percentage.

JHU Stellar in September: Hopkins' loss to Arcadia broke the Blue Jays' 26-match unbeaten streak in September. Following a 1-0 loss to Rowan on Sept. 30, 1997, JHU went 25-0-1 in its next 26 September games before the defeat to Arcadia. Hopkins sports a 38-3-2 (.907) record in September since 1996, including marks of 7-0 in 1998, 8-0 in 1999, and 7-0-1 in 2000. Since the Arcadia loss, Hopkins has gone 6-0 and outscored its opponents 24-0.

Feeling At Home At Homewood:

NSCAA Division III Mid-Atlantic Region Rankings for Oct. 1, 2001

3. Drew (18) 9-1-0

4. Arcadia (RV) 8-0-1

5. Franklin & Marshall 7-1-0

T6. Gettysburg 7-3-0

T6. Haverford 6-2-0

8. Muhlenberg 5-3-0

T9. Carnegie Mellon 4-1-0

T9. Western Maryland 7-3-0

9/24 @ Alvernia W 6-0

9/26 @ Washington College * W 3-0

9/29 @ Muhlenberg * W 2-0

10/13 @ Moravian 3:30 pm

10/17 @ Richard Stockton 8:00 pm

10/20 @ Dickinson * 12 noon

10/24 @ Gettysburg * 3:30 pm

Haverford 3 1 9 6 2 0

Gettysburg 2 2 6 7 3 0

Muhlenberg 2 2 6 5 3 0

Western Maryland 2 3 6 7 3 0

Swarthmore 1 3 3 5 6 0

Dickinson 1 3 3 3 6 1

Ursinus 1 3 3 3 7 0

Washington 0 4 0 1 7 1